ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: POWER, KNOWLEDGE, AND SCIENCE The stories of Henderson Creek and Salina Drive in the previous two chapters demonstrate just how complex and socially mediated the construction of scientific literacies can be. Scientific literacy in the case of Henderson Creek involved the creek (the subject itself) and the different ways in which the constituents interacted with and understood that creek. The needs of the farmers, including the quality and quantity of the water that reached their fields, was just as much a part of the story about understanding the health and sustenance of the creek as were the needs and practices of the suburban developers, the community activists and residents, the First Nations tribes, or the consulting engineers, all of whom understood the creek in relation to their needs quite differently.
